Payroll Officer / Agent(e) de la paie

Payroll Officer

• Great opportunity to work for a pioneering organisation at the forefront of mining.
• Join a global network and diverse team where people are encouraged to offer unique perspectives and build knowledge and connections.
• Role based in Montreal, Canada

About the rà´le

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

This role is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic finance, payroll or human resources practitioner who is up for the challenge of working as part of a global payroll team.

Reporting into the Payroll Team Lead North America, you will be responsible to support and deliver on the following:

• Support and responsible of ensuring that payroll services are efficient and effective for certain Product Groups in Rio Tinto in Canada
• Ensure our compliance obligation are maintained and internal controls are performed and remain compliant to regulatory needs and per SOX.

• Be the point of contact for Government bodies, and deliver on internal and external statutory audit requirements
• Liaise, review and manage our outsource payroll provider to assure efficient and effective delivery of payroll on time and accuracy.
• Assure a liaison with our HR teams and Benefits to solve complexe problèmes and answer employee requests and escalations.
• You will work in a large, specialized HR and Finance group, that works globally and regionally. You will support stakeholders on upstream and downstream processes related to payroll.
• You will be responsible to support the Payroll Advisor to deliver the payroll and master data activities for specific scopes.
• You will work with IT Teams to ensure our systems are compliant and remain up to date
• You will build, review, and sign off on Desktop procedure of our processes
• You will be communicating with different Gov't bodies to reconcile, understanding requirement, and delivering on them.
• Support simple/complex payroll calculations
• Participate in Continuous improvement initiative in the Shared service payroll area.

What you will bring

It will also be beneficial to have the following:

• Bachelor in HR, in business or accounting/finance; College degree with experience
• 5-10 or more years in payroll and responsible for payroll activities
• CPA designation
• Good knowledge of the payroll laws and rules in CAD and North West territories specifically
• Bilingual necessary
• Has managed payroll including unionized employees
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Autonomous and understands the application of payroll rules in systems
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders and departments
• Good knowledge of SAP Payroll
• Has performed and owned Payroll Year End activities (an asset )
• Has worked with and understand SOP/DTP (desktop procedure)
• Has worked in a Shared service environment for a large company
• Worked in a project environment or has knowledge of it (an asset)
• Have worked in an outsourcing work environment
• Manages simple and complex problem and has a positive mindset.

What we offer

Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls 'progress' begins with
a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium the world's first to be certified "responsible" helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.
Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.